north bays. daytime highs will struggle to get to 40 or 50. this cold weather is expected to linger over the next few days and drop snow levels. >> now, that's snow. this is snow. now, it might not be the snow that you see over in the sierra nevada. but we get some good dustings. >> reporter: this morning, we could see snow showers at the 1500-foot level in the north bay and 2,000 feet in the diablo range and santa cruz mountains. also, something really rare this cold weather system could bring two to three inches in the mountains south of monterey. if you are not a cold weather person, don't worry, we're told that temperatures are expected to warm up by monday. but you don't have to take my word for it. for all things weather, let's send things to elizabeth in the weather center. >> thank you. if you think you're cold now, wait until tomorrow. as she just mentioned, we are already have freeze warnings and frost advisories posted for tomorrow morning at this time.

so let's check out our cbs 5 hi- def doppler. a lot of the bay area is dry. but as you can see, hugging the coastline and moving inland we have scattered very light showers. earlier it was in parts of saratoga, san jose, look like dry right now traveling any of those freeways. where we're seeing some rain and even some snow earlier we saw some snow showers that kind of was a mixture of pink and white. you can see a little bit right now over boulder creek and santa cruz county. so again be careful traveling highway 9 in the area. one to two inches is possible over the santa cruz mountains. so highway 17, highway 35. that winter weather advisory in those mountains set to expire at 1 p.m. this afternoon. now, behind all that front is cold temperatures. that's what cate was just talking about, chilly out there this morning, as well. oakland 44 right now. santa rosa hovering at freezing. and colder still by tomorrow. so this afternoon's highs struggling to get out of the upper 40s to very low 50s. the showers for the most part

should taper off though by this afternoon. so this is what it looks like on our satellite and radar. you can see that unsettled weather still moving in over the bay area bringing some possible snow to the highest elevations. otherwise scattered light showers and then quickly clearing out. it looks like we have a nice long dry break. that's pretty much what is forecasted for the next several days. so pinpoint forecast highs a lot of 50s. 50 in redwood city. 50 in mountain view and san jose. upper 40s in places like vallejo. and this is where you'll see that freeze warning, frost advisories, most of the bay area impacted tomorrow morning with temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s. so quick look at your seven-day forecast, once we get through today that high pressure begins to build friday through early next week. but you will notice no 60- degree readings so it's going to remain chilly. that is your forecast. for your traffic, here's gianna. >> okay, liz. get you updated on this trouble spot we have been monitoring in castro valley. a car fire was fully engulfed at one point has the right lane shut down. you can see live in our pictures from chopper 5 here that the flares are still set

up in those right lanes possibly partially blocking two right lanes not just the one there. i know chp is still on scene and you can see the backup is pretty significant as a result backed up to 680 at this point of course the morning commute is in full swing so we are seeing delays anyway as you work your way westbound 580 towards the dublin interchange. but you can see just a row of cars through that area. so if you want to avoids the mess depending if you are headed north to oakland or south towards fremont or hayward, use north 680 to highway 24. 680 south to niles canyon road, those are your best bets to get around this trouble spot. they are hoping to have everything cleared though within the next 10 minutes. but look at that very slow and go. now, jumping to the maps, we have an accident northbound 101 at story roadblocking lanes. chp on scene. a little bit of some delays in that area anyway. looks like 101 getting busy as well through san jose for the morning commute. 280 though still holding steady so you can use that instead in the meantime. 880 though both directions looking good northbound no delays to report. and a quick live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, no

metering lights just yet but traffic is starting to stack up. michelle? >> all right, gianna. thank you. new this morning, a former death row inmate out of prison tells police he killed his own mother. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is in vallejo right now with the parolee's violent history. good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. this story is certainly an argument against giving people a second chance. this man is in jail this morning. dennis stanworth, here's his picture, he is 70 years old and police say that he called them just before noon yesterday to say he had just killed his 89- year-old mother, nelly stanworth, in a home on the 2500 block of marshfield road here in vallejo. dennis has a long and violent criminal history including kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing two teenaged girls in contra costa county back in the 1960s. he spent decade in prison sentenced to death for that but

his sentence was reversed and he was paroled. now, police are going to be talking more about this case later on this morning here in vallejo and we will keep you posted. live in vallejo, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> thank you. breaking news in new jersey. these are live pictures from the scene of a bus crash in the city of old bridge, new jersey. according to early reports, two buses smashed into one another on route 9. a school bus and a passenger bus. you see all the chaos down below. the passenger bus appears to have a tree through the roof. it doesn't appear there were any students on the school bus though. we'll be monitoring this story and bring you any updates as we get them. quite a situation in new jersey right now. yesterday, we told you about the life and death struggle after a man discovered a burglar inside his apartment. it turns out there's a lot more to the story. investigators now tell us these four people were behind a scheme as to scare the man. one of their partners in crime

was stabbed to death by the man inside. investigators say charmaine taijeron was having an extramarital affair and wanted to frighten her husband into moving out of their apartment they shared on east leeland lane. >> she plotted a burglary with her current boyfriend in an effort to scare him and persuade him into actually leaving the residence. >> so police say they enlisted three other men to help. it unfolded tuesday morning. investigators say the husband got into a struggle with one of the suspects, robert earl lindsey. he stabbed him to death in self- defense. taijeron, her boyfriend and the two other suspects were later arrested. they are all eligible for murder charges accused of a felony that led to a death. and the man suspected of setting his girlfriend on fire in san francisco due to be arraigned this afternoon. dexter oliver was arrested on monday. investigators say he doused the woman with a flammable liquid

before lighting her on fire outside a laundromat in san francisco last weekend. the victim, starr lamar, is still being treated for life- threatening injuries at a local burn center. the mom of a missing bay area girl is still searching for closure after learning -- excuse me -- a bone fragment is not her daughter's. the bone was found in october in a san joaquin county well where several victims of the "speed freak" killers are buried. it turns out that bone belonged to a teenager, not michaela garecht. michaela was only 9 when she was kidnapped in hayward in 1988. 6:08. the damage to the oil tanker cause to the bay bridge this week is more costly than first thought. this picture shows the underside of the support column on the bridge that was hit. another picture shows the scrape mark on the ship and if you look to the left of your screen, some of the wood from the support beam is actually stuck on the ship. a closer look, there it is. damage to the bridge is now estimated between $2 million and $3 million.

an attorney for the pilot says speculation of pilot error is premature. in a statement, he says, "there are many potential causes such as mechanical failure, faulty navigational devices, unpredictable fog conditions, and other possible sources." a monterey county inmate is out of jail after he walked away from his work crew. deputies are searching for james rimbey who was assigned to a work crew at the county jail in salinas. a witness told authorities he was last seen yesterday running to the soccer field at navidad creek park. the 29-year-old was serving three years for burglary. deputies say he is not considered to be dangerous. east palo alto is scrambling to shore up its aging levee along san francisquito creek, after a severe flooding last month. workers are placing thousands of sandbags to raise the levee wall as a short-term solution. a project to widen the creekbed is set to begin this summer city college of san

francisco trustees have a special meeting tonight. they are expected to talk about the threat to the school's accreditation. a special trustee appointed to deal with the issue says ccsf will not meet a march 15 deadline to resolve all the issues identified last summer. california's budget deficit has dipped below $2 million after years of bigger gaps. the governor says now is not the time to increase spending. the plan he will unveil this morning includes more money for education thanks to voter- approved tax hikes. but it also stresses continued fiscal restraint just about everywhere else. that might not sit well with fellow democrats who are fighting to restore slashed state services. uc-davis will have ato pay a million dollars for the pepper spraying incident. 21 "occupiers" will get $35,000 apiece the rest given to attorneys and other protestors.

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well. but what a scary incidents. >> so he wasn't in the boat. >> he wasn't in the boat. it was out of control. >> there he is. you can see him right there. he is probably hoping, uhm, the boat doesn't hit him. >> at least it drew attention. he got out of it. how about some traffic, gianna? what's going on? >> it's been a busy morning so far. we have had a trouble spot on 580 in castro valley westbound right at castro valley boulevard where a car fire had shut down the right lane. now it looks like they did reopen the right lane. things are clearing to the side of the shoulder there but traffic is busy. the damage is done. backed up to 680. chopper 5 is over the scene. it's been a very busy read for at least the last 45 minutes. they just cleared the lanes. you can always use north 680 to highway 24 depending on which direction you're headed or south 680 to niles canyon road until the delays thin out. a live look at five five 680 our dublin interchange. you can see traffic slow there as well at 580/680.

we have reports of an accident westbound 580 right at 680 blocking one lane. possibly hopefully they will have that pushed over to the right shoulder, as well. so a busy commute on five five this morning. of course, east of there, through the altamont pass, brake lights pretty typical this time of the morning. 23 minutes right now as you work your way from the altamont pass out of tracy to 680. so heads up there. north 101 at story road, a wreck on the right shoulder. still slow though as you approach the scene. lots of activity still there. north 101 past the accident, typical morning delays there. northbound 280, though, not showing any delays as of right now. i'll show you the bay bridge in just a few minutes. right now, we have to get to elizabeth. >> thank you, gianna. just very, very scattered showers, light showers, our high-def doppler radar not picking up a whole lot of moisture with this system. you can see it hug the coastline and moving southeast. so the heavier wet weather is over parts of santa cruz county over monterey county where snow is even possible in the highest

elevations. mainly at 2,000 feet or above. boulder creek seeing a few snow showers. where you see that pink and white, there's snow reported on our hi-def doppler. one to two inches is possible in those higher elevations. santa cruz expecting one possibly to two inches before finally tapering off later this morning and early afternoon. so all the wet weather will be gone. but temperatures we are going to be left with some cool weather for the next several days. we already have freeze warnings and frost advisories posted. out the door now we are seeing mainly temperatures above freezing. santa rosa bumped up a few degrees. now 35. 41 in oakland. and 39 outside in concord. by this afternoon, we are struggling to get out of the upper 40s to very low 50s. and these scattered showers should taper off leaving partly to mostly cloudy skies. so this is the satellite and radar picture. you can see that unsettled weather still lingering over the bay area. but it will quickly clear out of here. we have high pressure building over the next several days. so these are your forecasted

highs. a lot of 50-degree readings. 50 san jose, fremont, mountain view. the north bay we'll see cooler numbers in san rafael and vallejo. and in some of those east bay interior valleys cooler numbers. if you think this is cold, wait until tomorrow. we already have those freeze warnings and once again frost advisories posted in much of the bay area overnight. temperatures should be in the upper 20s to low 30s. we'll check your seven-day forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you. he is only 13 but he might be the next big thing on the food channel. his name is tucker fish. he is a sweet chef with a lot of moxie. he is a cool kid at a "cool school." tucker fish is a top flight student at the rincon valley middle school, but that's not all. >> let's cook. >> yes, he moonlights as a gourmet candymaker. >> i love it. i wouldn't sell something i didn't love. just wouldn't. i just -- i think every kid

would love to have this. >> reporter: " "is the college bound bar a scrumptious toffee an chocolate morsel that could be his ticket to college. the business-minded eighth grader hopes to pay his own way and also provide scholarships for other students. talk about a sweet ride. >> it was as important for him to help other kids as it was for him to lay the groundwork for himself. >> my name is tucker fish. and i'm a 13-year-old entrepreneur. >> reporter: tucker is using social media to outfit his candy bar kitchen. his kickstarter webcam pain is pushing two grand. the money pledged there will buy the pots, pans and supplies to get his candy coated dream cooking. the teachers are mighty impressed. but not surprised. >> everyone even the students talk about tucker is going to be famous someday. just -- he just has the drive. >> reporter: but does he have the product? culinary arts teacher sally says he is a whiz in the kitchen. but how about that college

bound bar? how about a taste? >> no. we talked a little bit about the ingredients and what went into it but no, i don't know the fine details. >> reporter: have you tasted the bar? >> i have not tasted the bar yet. i'm hoping soon. >> reporter: tucker's got a winner. delicious. for honing his culinary candy skills and inspiring a savvy business kid, this week's "cool school" absolute goes to rincon valley middle school in santa rosa. slow down. slow down. you can't eat them all. [ laughter ] >> i broke off too big a piece. >> they taste good. his classmates have been a big help because they have been the primary tasters helping him tweak the recipe. he hopes to rival the folks at snickers someday. right now he is reading the steve jobs book for motivation. >> it's toffee so it's hard to chew but it is excellent. >> a little salt, kind of like a heath bar but -- >> i welcome anything with chocolate over toffee. >> we'll get the other guys in on this, as well. what's cool about your school?

submit your nomination at our cbssf.com/coolschool. you would be amazed what an email will do and we may come and feature your school on the morning show. >> i'm still crunching away. >> go ahead. we'll be right back.

welcome back. grab that jacket and umbrella. we have scattered showers moving inland and we have a winter weather advisory especially in the santa cruz mountains. we could get snow in the highest elevations. a check of your seven-day forecast coming up. >> and we have been keeping a close eye on 580 earlier vehicle fire in castro valley has now been cleared. but the damage is done. traffic is slow and go west 580 as you work your way out of dublin towards castro valley. we'll have an update as well on the bay bridge in just a few minutes. >> all right, gianna. thank you. steroids kept some baseball stars from getting into the hall of fame. former san francisco giant barry bonds didn't come close to being voted in on the first ballot. only 36% of the baseball writers who voted said that

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we're bringing out the hi- def doppler this morning. >> the bay area braces for a big chill. >> we could see frost advisories and freeze warnings tonight. >> california could be next as the flu outbreak spreads across the country. >> it's not that the cold weather is causing the flu to spread but, rather, kids and adults are more likely to be indoors. >> cbs news has learned the white house is looking at several new laws, including

reinstating the assault weapons ban. >> i don't want any part of my freedom taken away. >> it's critically important that we act. >> a deadly burglary takes a bizarre twist. >> the entire break-in was orchestrated by the burglary victim's wife. >> a death row inmate released from jail makes a chilling confession. >> we've all heard of guard dogs. but a guard alligator? >> the secret a bay area man was trying to protect with an alligator named mr. teeth. >> what that has to do with anything is anyone's guess. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "eyewitness news this morning." >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com good morning. it's thursday, january 10. good to have you on board. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:30. we're in for a few chilly days coming up right here in the bay area. >> we are. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is in san rafael, where some people may see a little snow up atop mount tam shortly, right,

cate. >> reporter: that's exactly right, frank, because it is definitely cold out here. we can show you on the temperature gauge it's 37 degrees in san rafael, dropping 2 degrees in a half hour. this is the coldest air of the season. it's dropping temperatures and for our winter weather lovers, it's going to drop snow levels, as well. this morning, we could see snow showers at 1500 feet in the north bay and about 2,000 feet in the diablo range in santa cruz mountains. something really rare this cold weather system could also bring two to three inches in the mountains south of monterey. people we spoke to yesterday are embracing the cold weather. and everything that comes with it. >> it is fun. it's fun because, you know, i mean i grew up back east and it's not -- unless i go to tahoe, i don't see a lot of snow like back east. so it's a magical time and we live in a very magical community. but when we have snow here, it just adds to the beauty. >> reporter: now, the people who have the hardest time getting out of bed this morning, those in the east and

north bay, temperatures there will be slightly below freezing. daytime highs will struggle just to get to that 40, 50- degree mark. and again, don't worry if you are not a cold weather person. it could change after this weekend but yes, that cold air is going to stick around here for the next few days. but for more on that let's send things to elizabeth in the weather center. >> it is all about this cold weather. cate, you're dressed appropriately. you'll need to wear all that warm weather gear -- cold weather gear for tomorrow, as well. we already have the freeze advisories and warnings posted. this is what it looks like right now on our cbs 5 hi-def doppler scattered light showers a lot of the bay area pretty dry right now but it is hugging the coastline moving overparts of the central bay. we saw a cell looks like moving out of pacifica, now moving towards 280. so just a heads up. don't be surprised if you see rain. it's farther south monterey county, could see some snow in the higher elevations. cate mentioned the san lucia mountains, also in santa cruz

mountains, where you see that pink white color on our hi-def doppler, that's snow reported. so we could see one to two inches of snow in the highest elevations. generally speaking at about 2,000 feet or above. so be careful on highway 17, highway 9 or highway 35 at all this morning. temperatures, it is cold and going to get colder still. we have a the love cold air coming from -- we have a the although of cold air coming from canada behind the front mainly above freezing. 35 in santa rosa. livermore 36. once again, by this afternoon, we are struggling to get out of the upper 40s to low 50s. 50 in fremont, only 50 as a high. these are your highs by this afternoon. mountain view 50. only 48 in fairfield and livermore. we got this ridge of high pressure building so once we get through today, by this afternoon the scattered light showers should taper off and then friday through early next week, right now looks dry. but staying on the cool side,

no 60-degree readings at all in our seven-day forecast. that is a check of your weather. for more on your roads, here's gianna. >> and we go live to the bay bridge toll plaza right now. metering lights are on and you can see in our live shot here, traffic is building backed up beyond 880 at this point. there is a wind advisory for the bay bridge as well so be extra careful as you work your way across the span. now, there's a stalled vehicle on the lower deck as you just come off the lower deck towards the toll plaza there on the east side heading into oakland. so you might see some delays there also. now, elsewhere we are still dealing with a bit of a backup along 580. we had an earlier vehicle fire westbound at castro valley boulevard. everything is now cleared out of lanes but you can see that line of red on our maps there, a slow speed in that area. also reports of an accident in the median westbound 580 right at 680. so that is really slowing down your drive as you work your way towards the dublin interchange. of course, slow anyway out of the altamont pass this morning. also, northbound 101, we're seeing brake lights as you head through san jose. we had an earlier accident at story cleared out of lanes so

traffic is a little slow. 280 though not too bad through downtown san jose. guadalupe parkway also looks good. if you want to use guadalupe parkway to avoid 101, that will work this morning. and 101 itself along the peninsula no delays so if you have a flight to catch at sfo, so far, so good. 280 and 92 checking in with no problems. back to you guys. >> thank you, gianna. 6:35 now. a shocking confession for the vallejo police. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec shows us the former death row inmate who told officers that he killed his own mother. anne. >> reporter: so a lot of questions this morning about why this guy was ever released after the crimes that he already committed. here is his picture. dennis stanworth, 70 years old. police say he called them before noon yesterday to say he had just killed his 89-year-old mother nelly stanworth in a home on the 2500 block of marshfield road here in vallejo. now, dennis has a long and violent criminal history including kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing two teenaged girls in contra costa

county back in the '60s. he was sentenced to death for that but his sentence was reversed for some reason. and he was out on parole at the time that police say he admitted killing his mother yesterday. police will tell us more about this crime this morning and we'll keep you posted. live in vallejo, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> a bizarre story. thank you. in contra costa county, there's much more to the story about a man who killed a suspected burglar in his apartment. four people are now in custody accused of what pittsburg police sagan as an elaborate plot to scare the man. investigators say charmaine taijeron was having an extramarital affair and wanted to frighten her husband into moving out of the apartment they shared on east leeland lane. [ pause ] >> and police say they enlisted three other men to help. it all unfolded tuesday morning. investigators say the husband got into a struggle with one of

the suspects, robert lindsey, then managed to stab him to death in self-defense. taijeron, her boyfriend and the two other suspects were later arrested. they are now eligible for murder charges accused of a felony that led to a death. a palo alto bank robbed by a suspect in flip-flops. police say the man hit the credit union on el camino real yesterday. according to the officers, he threatened the tellers with a handgun and ran away with some cash. officers say he has a scar near his right eye, he also carried a bright yellow plastic bag from "forever21." police say a woman may have killed a woman walking with him in surveillance video. 46-year-old elia cruz. this was the last time she was seen alive. she was found dead in her tenderloin apartment a short time later. investigators have been searching for her killer since october. a berkeley school district will high consultants to revamp

safety procedures in the wake of the school shootings in newtown, connecticut. the consultants will work with the police and the fire departments on a "what to do" plan for when a violent person comes on campus and also natural disasters. the bay bridge will be seen in a whole new light for the next few days. starting tonight the new artistic lights on the suspension part of the bridge will be sequenced today through the 15th. the display will eventually have 25,000 l.e.d. lights. so get ready for showtime. >> can't wait to see that. an executive for mountain view-based google says north korea needs to end itself- imposed isolation. eric schmidt says that that country does not allow its citizens to use the internet and it will remain behind other nations as a result. >> once the internet starts citizens in a country can certainly build on top of it. but the government has to do something. >> schmidt made his comments yesterday while returning to the u.s. from a trip to north

korea with former new mexico governor bill richardson. the private trip was not sanctioned by the u.s. government. >> 6:39 now. a public health emergency in boston as it deals with at least 700 confirmed cases of the flu. and in allentown, pennsylvania, the hospital is so overrun with flu patients, it set up a special heated tent outside believe it or not. and down in l.a., the county health department has run out of some of their flu vaccine. there's also a shortage of the mist vaccine that's popular with children. i talked to some folks in boston. over a 24-hour wait into an emergency room in boston right now. >> that's nod good. >> best to stay home. >> that's not good. the nods are out. who is up for an oscar. >> plus, scaling new heights. a unique way commuters in brazil are encouraged to take the stairs. coming up. >> and the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. let's check the early numbers. so far it's looking good. coming up, we'll get an update from kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks.

brazil. the new staircase at a train station in sao paulo is designed welcome back. people are playing a piano with their feet down in brazil. ♪ [ music ]♪ the new staircase at a train station in sao paulo is designed like a piano keyboard. when people walk up and down their feet pound out the tunes. there are 42 steps and 34 of them make music and if you work nearby, you're probably going nuts! >> i know. but that's pretty cool. it reminds me of the movie "big." >> yes. >> i bet the kids get a kick out of it. there are some new rules aimed at making sure people don't sign up four home loans they can't afford. here now to chat about that,

kcbs financial reporter jason brooks. >> good morning. >> reporter: new rules being rolled out from the consumer financial protection bureau which was essentially formed out of the financial crisis. a lot of that coming from the housing burst. and what we're seeing is that lenders are going to be required to do things that they haven't been doing so well that led up to the bubble bursting. making sure that pro speck tv applicants for mortgages have current employment status or that their incomes have verified and verifying credit histories. also, not boeing allowed to give interest-only loans or no documentation loans. these are the kind of loans that really fueled the bubble bursting. looking at the economy today, the labor department reporting a modest gain in first-time weekly unemployment claims up around 4,000 to 371,000. this basically suggesting that hiring is right at a break even level right now very modest if any. four-week average was at 366,000. >> there could be hopes that apple will ink a deal with the

biggest wireless provider in china. apple's scene tim cook meeting with the chairman of china mobile and they are hoping that there can be a break through where china mobile will start to sell iphones in china. that would be a big move for apple. it's expected that samsung this year will sell about 100 million more smartphones than apple on a global basis. >> stock market getting off to a solid start after a winning session yesterday thanks to a decent start to the fourth quarter earnings season. the dow is now up by 44, nasdaq gaining 17. s&p higher by 6 points. nice day for apple at the start. it's up by 1%. frank and michelle, back to you. the tosca cafe got an angel in san francisco. two time academy winner sean penn stepped in. tosca has been around for 92iers but the owner had a lot of trouble paying rent. he was evicted.

when penn heard it was going under, he got a group behind three new york restaurants to sign a 10-year lease on the property. >> it's neat that there's -- you know, there's a community out there that can help save this bar. it's rooted here for so long. >> tosca will be closing though for some renovations after the liquor license transfers and it's expected to reopen within the next few months. michelin star chef april bloomfield will be the new exec tv chef at tosca. steven spielberg's movie "lincoln" leading the pack with 12 big oscar nods this morning. >> not a big surprise there though. the civil war saga earned academy award nominations for best picture and acting honors for daniel day-lewis and sally field and also supporting actor for tommy lee jones. best picture nominees including amour, beast of the southern wild, jiang go unchanged and argo, plus "les miserables,"

"life of pi," silver lining playbook and zero dark 30. winners by the way for the oscar will be announced february 24. that's going to be a tough decision. >> i think lincoln will sweep. when you were watching daniel day-lewis, it was like watching lincoln. >> he was great. so i don't know. we'll see. >> "les mis" was good, too. how about you, what do you think, liz? >> i have seen not one of those movies. >> come on! >> what's wrong with me? i know. i have so much catching up to do. this is what i need to do. >> this is a good day maybe to go catch a movie. it's going to be chilly outside. bundle up stay inside stay warm if you can. scattered showers, as well. our hi-def doppler is busy this morning. you can see a lot of green and even a pop of yell lohr or two but mainly along the coast a lot of it is hugging the coastline so we are not seeing a lot of moisture with this system. a lot of areas are staying dry. we'll stay in through a few pockets. rain is moving out of half moon

bay heading towards 280. so the system is moving southeast. we are talking santa cruz mountains,:monterey county. we are picking:trace amounts of snow. santa cruz mountains will get one to two inches some point this morning in the higher elevations basically most part 2,000 feet or above. you're already seeing snow in boulder creek at least according to our hi-def doppler. so for the most part just this wet weather will slowly taper off throughout the day. late morning, early afternoon. should be out of here. then we have this high pressure building leaving us high and dry dry for thers in few days. colds the next knew days. 39 right now in concord. 35 in santa rosa. some of the north bay numbers are cold. 44 in san francisco. by this afternoon, showers taper off and we are left with cold temperatures in the upper

40s to low 50s. we have freeze warnings in effect for this time tomorrow. gianna has the forecast. >> we are going to chopper 5 in castro valley again so we have this earlier vehicle fire. it was fully engulfed but they wrapped up and cleared things to the right shoulder. i guess a vehicle was passing by so the fire may have reignited so they have called fire crews out to the scene to see if there's any sort of a problem through there. the activities over to the right shoulder not blocking lanes but again we have seen a bit of a backup along 580 as a result. it was improving, it may slow down a bit again as they work on this over to the side. mostly for spectator slowing. so you're looking live here at 580 so still very slow and go. use 680 as an alternate in the meantime. jumping over to our maps, we still have this one accident clearing over to the center divide. this is westbound 580 at 680. you can see some yellow and red here on the sensors. so a slow ride as you work your way through there. elsewhere through the altamont

pass, we're seeing delays as well westbound 25 minutes as you work your way out of tracy into livermore valley so a little slow and go there as well this morning. now, we have reports of a new accident northbound 680. slow and go there. southbound slow, as well. so chp once they get to the scene may change the direction because we are seeing delays on the southbound side also. north 101 slow through san jose. metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. give yourself some extra time. a judge in colorado is expected to decide by tomorrow whether james holmes will go on trial for killing 12 people in a theater last july. prosecutors showed the court photos that holmes had taken. some showed details of the theater. others were pictures holmes took of himself shortly before the shooting spree. >> we were all sit there is

trying to hold our emotions. and he was very excited to see himself. >> he was smiling, having a hard time controlling himself. >> holmes' defense team did not call witnesses. 12 people died and 70 others were hurt in the shooting. former opinion state assistant coach -- penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky will ask for a new trial. he is serving time for child sexual abuse. his lawyers say they didn't have enough time to prepare for the trial because of all the material from the prosecution. the 68-year-old sandusky maintains innocence. more changes on the way for the obama administration. the labor secretary hilda some liz announced her resignation yesterday. she plans to run for a seat on the l.a. county board of supervisors. and today the president is expected to nominate jack lew as secretary of the treasury. he is currently the president's chief of staff. he would replace timothy geithner who previouslily announced plans that he would

leave office. now, if you lew's nomination is approved, there will be a peculiar signature on our money. this is how he signs his name. start checking your money. >> i don't see one letter in that signature. okay. >> he must have been a doctor. >> maybe. those troubled boeing 787s are having even more problems. a potential brake problem canceled a dreamliner flight in japan yesterday. that's three electrical issues in two days for the new 787. and it's will the latest in a string of glitches that hit the plane since its debut. the other problems this week, a fuel leak and electrical fire. a castro valley man is expected in court today after a strange discovery in his home. imagine the police on this one? an alligator named mr. teeth by the way was in a plexiglass tank atop 34 pounds of marijuana. alameda county sheriff's deputies found the gator and pot during a routine probation

check on the 32-year-old man. >> they thought it was fake. then as they were moving around in there, it started to move and it became a little more aggressive and that caused great concern for them. >> gator's owner was taken to jail on drug charges. mr. teeth by the way is being treated at the oakland zoo and veterinarians say he is very sick so they are going to try to nurse him back to health. time now 6:53. you might call it a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> but it's not a wolf. and it's not a sheep. what prompted fears of a loose lion in a neighborhood. it's pretty funny. coming up.

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released. officers say dennis stanworth showed them where to find the victim yesterday. court the police, he was sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and killing two teenaged girls back in 1966. his sentence was later reversed. about three hours from now, governor brown will give us the details of his new budget plan. there will be more money for schools because voters approved tax increases in november. the budget deficit has been cut from $25 billion just a few years ago. it's now less than $2 billion. but the governor says this is not the time to increase spending. more on that story coming up today at noon. and the stage is set for the next month's academy awards ceremony. family guy creator oscar host seth mcfarland announced the nominees today with actress emma stone. steven spielberg's drama "lincoln" earned 12 nominations including best picture. that category has nine movies vying for the title this year. we'll find out about the winners on the academy awards

february 24th. >> we need to get elizabeth to the movie theater. >> what was the last movie you went to? >> the huge blockbuster "the words." >> never heard of it. >> bradley cooper was in it. >> that's good. >> only me in the theater. it was very good though. i liked it. yeah. [ laughter ] if you're going to the movies here's the transition, we have wet scattered showers and cold temperatures. it would be a great day to catch one of those nominees. right now the scattered showers mainly along the coast. so we are not seeing a lot of moisture with this system. but it continues to move southeast. now, by this afternoon, we got a lot of cold weather just behind the front. and temperatures only going to be in the upper 40s to very low 50s. and even some reports of some light snow in the santa cruz mountains. now, we have a cold weather alert in effect for this time tomorrow. most of the bay area temperatures are going to dip to the upper 20s in some parts of the bay area to low 30s and then showers will quickly clear out leaving high pressure friday through next week. >> all right, let's jump to the freeways right now. as you work your way along 580,

it's been a busy ride there westbound because of trouble spots. slow-and-go westbound you can see live here towards 680. bay bridge, metering lights are on. traffic is backed up. no stalls or incidents, but a wind advisory for the bay bridge so heads up. and a live look at the san mateo bridge right now. so far, so good. a good choice if you want to avoid those delays at the bay bridge. really quick, an accident westbound 37 at sonoma boulevard. possible big rig fire. looks like republican presidential candidate herman cain is headed to the scene. more information during the updates. a dog in virginia caused a stir earlier this week. >> this little bundle of energy isn't the lion he looks like. take a look. his name is charles the monarch and he is in fact a labradoodle. looks like a lion. on tuesday, police say they got calls about a baby lion on the loose. [ laughter ] >> and then they found this guy. i mean, he's kind of looks like it but that would be a small lion. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com

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